The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-27
SYMPATHY FOR REV. WARD
HE WAS INSANE WHEN HE AT
TEMPTkD 10 MURDER
His Wife aud ChiId-H ne Il in q Crit
zeal Condition, but May
Recover.

JERSEY CITY, February 26.-The first
burst of ind gaaticn Elll4wond, N
:. over the Rev. Oh es W. Wards
attempt at wife and child murder ard
su eide has snbsded, and YVES suc.
cseded yesterday by fe ling of sor-
row for the unhappy man, VIII, it Is
now generally adm tied, was ms me at
the time aud therefore irresponsible.
Loving friends have h 'stened 10 prof
fer gym patty and aid to The family,
and tbs most ear Jest wi hes are ex-
pressed that all will end well with
both husband and wife. 1t is also
hoped that the madness which led
him 10 do the deed will prove but
temporary, aud that all traces of the
disease OF mind will di appear with
his bodily recovery. Mr.. Ward lay
all day e,tsrday uGder the il fl renee
Of morphine which has been given
him az intervals since the
doctors were summoned. AT
1890 o'clock yesterday Eorning
Su gem Stimp'on arrived in EDgle
woJd from New York and met the 10
cal physicians, Drs. d. A. Badwin, D.
A, Carrie and H. M. Banks, aud held
q consultation. 1t was decided that in
M Wards present condition TO a.
te pit TO extra t the bullet W uld be
imprudent. The place Of its lodgmei I
was, however, accurately determined,
DR.. Banks said that the wound d
mans condition WIS preCarious, al
though the chances III ned slightly on
TIE side of HIS ultimate recovery.
No." said D.. Banks, in answer to u
Star reporters ques ion, che has not
b zen conscious since he shot himself,
ami has, therefore, "a nothing about
the occurrence. WHAT will be the
coalition OF his m nd when heregains
Consciousness, or wht Their his insanity
will prove TO have been more than
Il mporarv, Of C urse / cannot sly
As to Mr.. Ward, she Is doing
very nicely and will soon recover"
DR.. Stimp;on Gxr'ct d the bullet
from Mrs. Wards j,w yesterday with
little difficulty. Shs talks freely of
the occurrence with those about her,
and details the circumstances OF the
shooting sub Itar TALLY as they have
been published, except that she de.
MES tlst the attack was preceded by
any angry dispute between them,
During he day there were numerous
cards left aud inquiries by par shioners
and friends. A lew of the latter came
from New Yotk. Mrs. Aaron j. Vau-
derpo4l, the sister of the rector's wife,
WAS in charge OF the h u and re-.
ceived only intim tie friends. The El-
glewood Protection Society, which
controls by charter the police force Of
the pla se, had ma shall Stationed at
the house all the time. He was, how
ever, there more to project the in
ma es from intru ion than as a guard
over the minister. There will be no
&C ion taken against NJ. Ward by the
au horities, rs the unfortunate caus Q
of he attack is too well established,
unless complaint be entered against
him for assault with intent to kill, in
which case they will have to take
c,gniEau ce and have an official deter
mination OF his sanity at toe time of
the deed. That the minister's insanity
is hereditary, is now m ide public, his
brother having been not long sg) dis
charged from an insane asylum not
fu ly cured. Mr.. Ward was at one
time rector OF Christ Church at Oyster
Bay, L. l,